#38C787#38C787

#38C787 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.152 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C787
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 135)
HSL	hsl(153, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 32.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -52.32, 21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 56.55, 157.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.1422 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.152 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4248, 43.4338, 29.9079)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C787 #C73878

analogous

#38C740 #38C787 #38BFC7

triadic

#38C787 #8738C7 #C78738

tetradic

#38C787 #4038C7 #C73878 #BFC738

square

#38C787 #4038C7 #C73878 #BFC738

split-complementary

#38C787 #C738BF #C74038

monochromatic

#1D6746 #2B9767 #38C787 #68D4A4 #98E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#38C787 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C787

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C787	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.152 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9aa',
    500: '#38c787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c787;
$custom-light: #82d9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.147,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73922,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C787

secondary

#CD8DAA

accent

#488CDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C787

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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